"Buttons (pantomime) Buttons is the name of a character in the ""Cinderella"" pantomime, a male servant of the household who helps Cinderella and loves her, and who is liked and trusted but not loved by her. The character has sometimes been called Pedro. Buttons does not appear in the Disney films. The character first appeared in 1860 at the Strand Theatre, London in a version of the story derived from the opera La Cenerentola by Rossini. Rossini includes a character Dandini as assistant to the Prince, which was also included, and a complementary character for Cinderella, called Buttoni was added"
"as promised in the morning. He finished the libretto in twenty-two days of breakneck work, and Rossini completed the score in an equally hectic twenty-four days. The poet had serious doubts about the success of this opera; Rossini, on the other hand, predicted that it would conquer Italy in a year and spread to France and England in another: ""the impresarios will fight for staging it, as well as the primadonnas for being able to sing it"". ""La Cenerentola"" premiered on Jan. 25, 1817 and quickly gained popularity, both in Italy and internationally, despite a cold initial reception by the"
"by from the sixth fable (""Cinderella"") of Giambattista Basile's ""Pentamerone"". Its name translates as ""The Cat Cinderella"" or ""Cinderella the Cat"". It billed itself as a ""musical fable"" in three acts, told through villanelle, tarantella, and madrigal in a Neapolitan style. Its author sought to evoke the ""dreamlike texture"" of southern Italy's popular culture. De Simone, a composer and scholar, led a resurgence of the folk art tradition and public interest in 1940s folk singer-songwriters. He reinvented folksongs in a fresh yet authentic style in writing ""La Gatta Cenerentola"", which, in turn, brought him prominence. The musical debuted on July"
"is growing. Helpful doves roosting in the tree shake down the clothing she needs for the ball. This motif is found in other variants of the tale as well, such as ""The Cinder Maid"", collected by Joseph Jacobs, and the Finnish ""The Wonderful Birch"". Playwright James Lapine incorporated this motif into the Cinderella plotline of the musical ""Into the Woods"". Giambattista Basile's ""Cenerentola"" combined them; the Cinderella figure, Zezolla, asks her father to commend her to the Dove of Fairies and ask her to send her something, and she receives a tree that will provide her clothing. Other variants have"
"misfortune to which she was born and the sudden reversal of her fate, then forgives her family for all her past unhappiness, adding that her days of sitting sadly by the fire are over (""Nacqui all'affanno... Non più mesta""). Everyone present acknowledges that she truly is worthy of the throne. Notes Sources La Cenerentola Rossini composed ""La Cenerentola"" when he was 25 years old, following the success of ""The Barber of Seville"" the year before. ""La Cenerentola"", which he completed in a period of three weeks, is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles."
"is provided by the servant Pappacione, fooled into searching for gold in an old cistern. All ends happily. Notes Cited sources Other sources La zingara La zingara (""The Gypsy Girl"") is an opera semiseria in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after ""La petite bohémienne"" (""The Little Gypsy"") by Louis-Charles Caigniez, which was itself derived from a work of August von Kotzebue. It was Donizetti's first opera written for Naples, and the first performance of this ""rescue opera"" took place at the Teatro Nuovo on 12 May 1822. One critic reviewing the 2001"
"kitchen. In other fairy tales featuring the ball, she was driven from home by the persecutions of her father, usually because he wished to marry her. Of this type (510B) are ""Cap O' Rushes"", ""Catskin"", All-Kinds-of-Fur, and ""Allerleirauh"", and she slaves in the kitchen because she found a job there. In ""Katie Woodencloak"", the stepmother drives her from home, and she likewise finds such a job. In ""La Cenerentola"", Gioachino Rossini inverted the sex roles: Cenerentola is oppressed by her stepfather. (This makes the opera Aarne-Thompson type 510B.) He also made the economic basis for such hostility unusually clear, in"
"The Canary Prince The Canary Prince is an Italian fairy tale, the 18th tale in Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino. He took the tale from Turin, making various stylistic changes; he noted it developed a medieval motif, but such tales as Marie de France's ""Yonec"" produced a rather different effect, being tales of adultery. A variant on Rapunzel, Aarne–Thompson type 310, The Maiden in the Tower, it includes many motifs that differentiate it from that tale. Other fairy tales of this type include Anthousa, Xanthousa, Chrisomalousa, Petrosinella, Prunella, and Rapunzel. A jealous stepmother persuades her husband, the king, to lock"
"Geltrude Righetti Geltrude Righetti (1793–1862) was an Italian contralto closely associated with the operas of Gioachino Rossini. (Her name is also sometimes given as Giorgi-Righetti or Righetti-Giorgi, Giorgi being the name of her husband.) Born in Bologna, she also studied and made her debut there in 1814. The following year she created the important role of Rosina in ""The Barber of Seville"" and in 1817 she was the first heroine of ""La Cenerentola"", both in Rome. Her career was short and she retired from the stage in 1822. She died in Bologna in 1862. In 1823, in response to an"
"La Cenerentola Rossini composed ""La Cenerentola"" when he was 25 years old, following the success of ""The Barber of Seville"" the year before. ""La Cenerentola"", which he completed in a period of three weeks, is considered to have some of his finest writing for solo voice and ensembles. Rossini saved some time by reusing an overture from ""La gazzetta"" and part of an aria from ""The Barber of Seville"" and by enlisting a collaborator, Luca Agolini, who wrote the secco recitatives and three numbers (Alidoro's """", Clorinda's """" and the chorus """"). The facsimile edition of the autograph has a"
"The Merchant (fairy tale) The Merchant is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the ""Pentamerone"". A merchant's son, Cienzo, was throwing stones with the son of the king of Naples, and cracked the prince's head. His father, fearing the consequences, threw him out with some money, an enchanted horse, and an enchanted dog. In the evening, Cienzo found a tower by a ruined house; the master of the tower would not let him in, for fear of robbers. Cienzo went to the house. In the night, he found it was haunted by three"
"a new name, Flora, and transforms her into the goddess of springtime and flowers. She then sings of the future grandeur of Florence. Apollo appears riding Pegasus as the Muses bring the Hippocrene Fountain to water the flowers. Apollo praises the lily, a symbol of both Florence and the House of Farnese. The opera ends with the Dance of the Breezes. La Flora La Flora, o vero Il natal de' fiori (Flora, or The Birth of Flowers) is an opera in a prologue and five acts composed by Marco da Gagliano and Jacopo Peri to a libretto by Andrea Salvadori."
"La bella dormente nel bosco La bella dormente nel bosco is an opera in three acts by Ottorino Respighi to a libretto by Gian Bistolfi based on Charles Perrault's fairy tale ""Sleeping Beauty"". The first version of this opera, with the title ""La bella addormentata nel bosco"", premiered in the Teatro Odescalchi in Rome on 13 April 1922. It was a version written for the Italian marionettist Vittorio Podrecca, who was director of a marionette company called ""Teatro dei Piccoli"" (""Theater for Children""). The play was interpreted by marionettes, but it was accompanied by orchestra and singers. The cast of"
"The Dove (fairy tale) The Dove is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the ""Pentamerone"". Although there is no evidence of direct influence, this tale combines many motifs in a manner similar to the Grimms' ""The Two Kings' Children"". A poor old woman had to beg hard to get a pot full of beans. A prince and his friends rode by and broke the pot in a game. She cursed him to fall in love with an ogress's daughter. Within hours, he became lost in a wood and lost his attendants, and found"
"Child's opera; it also became the source for the popular Tin Pan Alley song, """"One Meat Ball"""". The opera begins with a chorus sung to the tune of """"La dolce aurora"""" from Rossini's ""Mosè in Egitto"". The song of the Stranger in the second scene is adapted to the ""Serenade"" in ""The Barber of Seville""; the song of the Padrona in the fourth scene is set to the """"Non piu mesta"""" of ""La Cenerentola""; the duet in the fifth scene to """"La dove prende Amor recetto"""" of the ""Magic Flute""; the """"Cavatina"""" in the sixth scene to the """"Di pescator"""""
"were missing the tongues, which he had. The king married his daughter to Cienzo and sent for Cienzo's father. The Merchant (fairy tale) The Merchant is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the ""Pentamerone"". A merchant's son, Cienzo, was throwing stones with the son of the king of Naples, and cracked the prince's head. His father, fearing the consequences, threw him out with some money, an enchanted horse, and an enchanted dog. In the evening, Cienzo found a tower by a ruined house; the master of the tower would not let him in,"
"Italy, by Giambattista Basile, in his ""Pentamerone"" (1634). The story itself was based in the Kingdom of Naples, at that time the most important political and cultural center of Southern Italy and among the most influential capitals in Europe, and written in the Neapolitan dialect. It was later retold, along with other Basile tales, by Charles Perrault in ""Histoires ou contes du temps passé"" (1697), and by the Brothers Grimm in their folk tale collection ""Grimms' Fairy Tales"" (1812). The name ""Cenerentola"" comes from the Italian word ""cenere"" (ash, cinder). It has to do with the fact that servants and"
"ceremony in Paris. The Paris correspondent of the Rome newspaper ""Il Fanfulla"" wrote on the occasion: ""photographers snapped in the same shot the greatest performer of ""Cenerentola"" and ""Semiramide"", and what is left of the man who wrote these masterpieces"". In 1877 she had remarried—to a French military officer named Charles Zieger. She died at Ville-d'Avray, near Paris, in her ""Villa La Cenerentola"", and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery. Always engaged in charity (often in memory of Maestro Rossini), she left nearly all her estate to the poor of Paris. In her will she wrote that by singing she"
"critics. In short, Rossini's prediction came entirely true, and ""Cenerentola"" soon overshadowed even ""Barber"" throughout the nineteenth century. Nonetheless, the collaboration between composer and librettist got no easier, and Ferretti wrote only one more libretto for Rossini, the ""Matilde di Shabran"", in 1821. 19th century At the first performance, the opera was received with some hostility, but it soon became popular throughout Italy and beyond; it reached Lisbon in 1819, London in 1820 and New York in 1826. Throughout most of the 19th century, its popularity rivalled that of ""Barber"", but as the coloratura contralto, for which the leading role"
"Cannetella Cannetella is a Neapolitan literary fairy tale told by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the ""Pentamerone"". Andrew Lang included it in ""The Grey Fairy Book"", as collected by Hermann Kletke. Another version of this tale is told in ""A Book of Wizards"", by Ruth Manning-Sanders A king longed for a child, and a daughter was born to him, whom he named Cannetella. When she was grown, he wanted to marry her off; she did not want to, but at last consented if her husband would have no like in the world. He presented candidates, and when she found"
"Prunella (fairy tale) Prunella is an Italian fairy tale. Andrew Lang included it ""The Grey Fairy Book"". It is Aarne-Thompson type 310, the Maiden in the Tower. A version of the tale also appears in ""A Book of Witches"", by Ruth Manning-Sanders. Italo Calvino included a variant Prezzemolina in his ""Italian Folktales"". He took a variant from Florence, but noted that variants were found over all of Italy. The captor who demands his captive to do impossible tasks, and the person, usually the captor's child, who helps with them, is a very common fairy tale theme -- Nix Nought Nothing,"
"L'Orfeo L'Orfeo (SV 318) (), sometimes called La favola d'Orfeo , is a late Renaissance/early Baroque ""favola in musica"", or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and tells the story of his descent to Hades and his fruitless attempt to bring his dead bride Eurydice back to the living world. It was written in 1607 for a court performance during the annual Carnival at Mantua. While Jacopo Peri's ""Dafne"" is generally recognised as the first work in the opera genre, and the earliest surviving opera is Peri's"
"Isabella, the two villains are unmasked and ""Nisa""'s true story is revealed when she shows everyone her duchess' clothes and a portrait of the duke she has kept with her. Bertrando and Isabella are reunited. Notes Sources L'inganno felice L'inganno felice (The Fortunate Deception) is an opera in one act by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa. Rossini called his opera a ""farsa"", although as Richard Osborne explains: ""Its designation as a ""farsa"" is misleading in the light of its semiseria status as a romantic melodrama with buffo elements."" The work has much in common with French"
"the fairy tales ""The Fair Fiorita"" and ""The Princess Who Was Hidden Underground"". The Golden Lion The Golden Lion is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in ""Sicilianische Märchen"". Andrew Lang included it in ""The Pink Fairy Book"". A merchant had three sons. The oldest set out and found a city where the king had proclaimed that whoever found his daughter within eight days would marry her, but anyone who tried and failed would lose his head. The son tried and failed. His second brother followed and also failed. The youngest son, following his brothers, discovered their fates"
"The Three Fairies ""The Three Fairies"" is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the ""Pentamerone"". It is Aarne-Thompson tale 480, the kind and the unkind girls, and appears to stem from an oral source. Others of this type include ""Diamonds and Toads"", ""Shita-kiri Suzume"", ""Mother Hulda"", ""The Three Heads in the Well"", ""Father Frost"", ""The Three Little Men in the Wood"", ""The Enchanted Wreath"", ""The Old Witch"", and ""The Two Caskets"". Another literary variant is ""Aurore and Aimée"". In this tale, like many others of this type, the heroine descends into another world"
"Cendrillon (Isouard) Cendrillon (""Cinderella"") is a French opera in three acts by the Maltese-born composer Nicolas Isouard. It takes the form of an ""opéra comique"" with spoken dialogue between the musical numbers, although its authors designated it an ""opéra féerie"". The libretto, by Charles Guillaume Etienne, is based on Charles Perrault's fairy tale ""Cinderella"". The work was first performed by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Feydeau in Paris on 22 February 1810. ""Cendrillon"" was a success throughout Europe until its popularity was eclipsed by that of Rossini's opera on the Cinderella theme, ""La Cenerentola"" (1817). Cendrillon is the stepdaughter of"
"The Story of Bensurdatu The Story of Bensurdatu is an Italian fairy tale collected by Laura Gonzenbach in ""Sicilianische Märchen"". Andrew Lang included it in ""The Grey Fairy Book"". A king and queen had three daughters, and did everything to make them happy. One day, the princesses asked to go on a picnic, and so they did. When they were done eating, the princesses wandered about the garden, but when they stepped across a fence, a dark cloud enveloped them. After a time, the King and Queen called for them, and then searched for them when the girls did not"
"said ""La Cenerentola"" (""Cinderella"") and at last Rossini decided he liked it, so Ferretti went home and began at once, worked night and day on it, and gave sections to Rossini on Christmas Day. Early on during the production there were problems, but Rossini predicted (correctly) that it would be a great success in the long term. Ferretti married the singer Teresa Terziani in 1820, and their house was continually visited by musicians and poets, including Donizetti who had been given a letter of introduction to Ferretti by Johann Simon Mayr. They became good friends after the young composer's arrival"
"Pentamerone The Pentamerone (Neapolitan subtitle: ""Lo cunto de li cunti"", ""The Tale of Tales"") is a seventeenth-century fairy tale collection by Italian poet and courtier Giambattista Basile. The stories in the ""Pentamerone"" were collected by Basile and published posthumously in two volumes by his sister Adriana in Naples, Italy, in 1634 and 1636 under the pseudonym Gian Alesio Abbatutis. These stories were later adapted by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, the latter making extensive, acknowledged use of Basile's collection. Examples of this are versions of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty, and Hansel and Gretel. While other collections"
"L'inganno felice L'inganno felice (The Fortunate Deception) is an opera in one act by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa. Rossini called his opera a ""farsa"", although as Richard Osborne explains: ""Its designation as a ""farsa"" is misleading in the light of its semiseria status as a romantic melodrama with buffo elements."" The work has much in common with French Revolutionary operas such as Cherubini's ""Les deux journées"". It was first performed at the Teatro San Moisè, Venice on 8 January 1812 and was an instant success. By the end of the 1810s it had been heard"
"they did succeed in some cases, but in general, the long-held belief that fairies were benevolent creatures remained in Sicily long after the Inquisition. In 1630, the medicine woman Vicencia la Rosa was sentenced to banishment and banned from ever mentioning anything about the elves again. After her sentence, la Rosa continued to tell stories about her personal elf named Martinillo, who took her to ""Benevento"" where she had sex and learned medicine. She was arrested again and exiled from Sicily for the rest of her life. The fisherwife of Palermo was an unnamed Italian woman who was put on"
"Cinderella the Cat Cinderella the Cat (Italian: ""Gatta Cenerentola"") is a 2017 Italian animated film directed by Alessandro Rak (who previously directed ""The Art of Happiness""), Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri and Dario Sansone, loosely based on the Giambattista Basile's fable of the same name and Roberto De Simone's musical ""La Gatta Cenerentola"". The plot is set in a decaying future Naples and concerns a mysterious mute teenager called Mia, who struggles to escape from the Camorra boss Salvatore Lo Giusto and her vicious stepmother Angelica. It was screened at the 74th Venice International Film Festival in the Horizon Prize section,"
"Corvetto (fairy tale) ""Corvetto"" is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giambattista Basile in his 1634 work, the ""Pentamerone"". It is Aarne-Thompson type 531. Other tales of this type include ""The Firebird and Princess Vasilisa"", ""Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful"", ""King Fortunatus's Golden Wig"", and ""The Mermaid and the Boy"". Another, literary variant is Madame d'Aulnoy's ""La Belle aux cheveux d'or"", or ""The Story of Pretty Goldilocks"". Corvetto served a king loyally and was favored by him. Envious fellow servants tried to slander him, but failed. An ogre lived nearby, with a magnificent horse, and finally the"